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  2. Russian Bear - Wikipedia

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    American political cartoon, 1904. The Russian Bear (Russian: Русский медведь, romanized: Russkiy medved') is a widespread symbol (generally of a Eurasian brown bear) for Russia, used in cartoons, articles, and dramatic plays since as early as the 16th century, [1] and relating alike to the Russian Empire, the Russian Provisional Government and Russian Republic, the Soviet Union ...

  3. Misha - Wikipedia

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    Misha (Russian: Миша), also known as Mishka (Russian: Мишка) or The Olympic Mishka (Russian: Олимпийский Мишка), is the name of the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games (the XXII Summer Olympics). He was designed by children's books illustrator Victor Chizhikov. [1]

  4. Preved - Wikipedia

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    The word and the bear image have found their way into the mainstream mass media, such as a poster for the Russian edition of Newsweek. Eventually, it has become known that the author of the altered picture with the word "preved" was user Lobzz from site Dirty.ru, real name Roman Yatsenko.

  5. Cultural depictions of bears - Wikipedia

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    Consequently the original Indo-European name for such mystical heavyweights became taboo, and Russian speakers came to use the euphemism medved (Russian: медведь), literally meaning "honey-eater". [14] In post-Christian Russian folklore, the bear often appears semi-anthropomorphized as Mikhailo Ivanovich, or even more familiarly as Misha ...

  6. Medved - Wikipedia

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    Medved (Russian: медведь) means bear in several Slavic languages, including Slovenian, Russian, Czech, Serbian and Slovak. It may refer to: Medved (surname) Medved (rural locality), several rural localities in Novgorod Oblast, Russia; Medved (hunting rifle), a Soviet hunting rifle; Medved, an iconic bear in the Internet meme Preved

  7. Opinion - Little Estonia is no longer afraid of the Russian Bear

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    But instead of a 1:3 or 1:4 ratio, Russia is at 1:2 (200,000 dead and 400,00 wounded), which means that Russian generals, like Putin, are indifferent to massive battle deaths and providing wounded ...

  8. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    An Urdu language word meaning egg, for the pure-white uniform of traffic police in urban Pakistani areas like Karachi. Askar/Askari A Somali term meaning “soldier” which is often used by Somali immigrants to the United Kingdom to refer to police. It is commonly used by rappers in UK drill. Aynasız

  9. Father, 87, son, 56, mauled to death by ‘rabid’ bear that ...

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    A father and son are dead following a brutal mauling by a likely rabid bear that barreled into their Russian home on Monday. The massive brown bear kicked off its murderous rampage when it ...